Laptop under 80k

[sarthak]

Till yesterday I though only Apple, Alienware and MSI were overpricing their laptops ridiculously. Today I learned HP India went full retard by calling their Envy k203 tx a gaming laptop.

They are simply trying to fool consumers. And many must have been and would be fooled seeing the words i7 and 850M. Heck, half the people would simply consider it a great deal because of a "4 GB" graphic card.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

They are simply trying to fool consumers. And many must have been and would be fooled seeing the words i7 and 850M. Heck, half the people would simply consider it a great deal because of a "4 GB" graphic card.

More than 90% of people who want to buy a gaming laptop have budget of 50-80k and know nothing about GPUs. They just walk into a shop hoping to get the best but come out with underpowered ULV i7 and 840M laptops like Lenovo Z50 for 60k because it has 4 GB vRAM.
Then they cri when games like Watch Dogs, Crysis 3, CoH2, Far Cry 4 and Theif run like a slide show at anything above 720p and med-high settings.

Total waste of money. What we need in India is lesser taxes and custom duties on laptops so that consumers should get their money's worth.

 

[sarthak]

More than 90% of people who want to buy a gaming laptop have budget of 50-80k and know nothing about GPUs. They just walk into a shop hoping to get the best but come out with underpowered ULV i7 and 840M laptops like Lenovo Z50 for 60k because it has 4 GB vRAM.
Then they cri when games like Watch Dogs, Crysis 3, CoH2, Far Cry 4 and Theif run like a slide show at anything above 720p and med-high settings.

Total waste of money. What we need in India is lesser taxes and custom duties on laptops so that consumers should get their money's worth.

If anyone from Digit is reading this, please run an article about how big huge companies are ripping off consumers, and post it on your website too not just in magazine. And while you're at it also review the laptops offered by Azom.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

If anyone from Digit is reading this, please run an article about how big huge companies are ripping off consumers, and post it on your website too not just in magazine. And while you're at it also review the laptops offered by Azom.

And Xotic PC too. These in particular:
XOTIC PC | Sager NP8651 (Clevo P650SE) - 15.6" Gaming Notebook
XOTIC PC | Sager NP8268-S (Clevo P150SM-A) - 15.6" Gaming Notebook
XOTIC PC | FORCE 16GC (29-029) w/ 860M (MSI GE60 ApachePro Barebones)

Maybe we should ask [MENTION=1]Raaabo[/MENTION] for that.

 

[Minion]

I would too, and my friend would, if budget permitted him. I am gonna start saving
The Envy is on flipkart for 74k. I have asked him to personally take a look at the screen of Y50 and go for Envy only if he really hates that screen.

Why don't you go for alienware 13
Alienware 13 Gaming Laptop | Dell

Ask your friend to save some more and get Hp Envy series are not gaming laptops anyway they are multimedia notebook.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Why don't you go for alienware 13
Alienware 13 Gaming Laptop | Dell

Ask your friend to save some more and get Hp Envy series are not gaming laptops anyway they are multimedia notebook.

Alienware 13 has i5 4210U , only 8 GB ram , no ssd , 5400 rpm HDD and only 860M for 100k

While in 100k OP can import a Clevo P150SM-A with i7 4710MQ, GTX 970M, 7200 rpm HDD and 128 GB Micron M600 ssd from xotic pc.

 

[$hadow]

Alienware has always been over priced crappy laptop available in India. Certainly not recommended to anyone.

 

[sarthak]

Why don't you go for alienware 13
Alienware 13 Gaming Laptop | Dell

Ask your friend to save some more and get Hp Envy series are not gaming laptops anyway they are multimedia notebook.

You are asking him not only to increase the budget but increase it by 20K ! That's impossible. Even if it was I would have made him buy from Azom then. Alienware is the most overpriced of them all.

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Alienware has always been over priced crappy laptop available in India. Certainly not recommended to anyone.

Unless someone's filthy rich. Wait, they would also rather go for Xotic PC or Azom for much more power.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

You are asking him not only to increase the budget but increase it by 20K ! That's impossible. Even if it was I would have made him buy from Azom then. Alienware is the most overpriced of them all.

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Unless someone's filthy rich. Wait, they would also rather go for Xotic PC or Azom for much more power.

Filthy rich are n00bs most of the times. They'll always end up buying crapple crapbook for gaming.

 

[sarthak]

crapple crapbook

That's a good one

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Guys how is this one ?

Asus G551JK

Specs are mostly the same as HP Envy, sharing the poor 850M but having a proper mobile i7.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

That's a good one

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Guys how is this one ?

Asus G551JK

Specs are mostly the same as HP Envy, sharing the poor 850M but having a proper mobile i7.

What is wrong with OEMs!
78k for DDR3 850M
Not worth over 70k even with i7 4710QM

Y50 for 72k (locally) + replace TN Panel with IPS one for 6-7k (from aliexpress) still would be better.

 

[sarthak]

What is wrong with OEMs!
78k for DDR3 850M
Not worth over 70k even with i7 4710QM

Y50 for 72k (locally) + replace TN Panel with IPS one for 6-7k (from aliexpress) still would be better.

It's available on Snapdeal for 73k, so I'm guessing the local price would be around that or cheaper. But yes it's still too much to charge for DDR3 850M.
And would replacing the panel void the warranty ? And how and from where can you get it replaced ?

 

[SaiyanGoku]

It's available on Snapdeal for 73k, so I'm guessing the local price would be around that or cheaper. But yes it's still too much to charge for DDR3 850M.
And would replacing the panel void the warranty ? And how and from where can you get it replaced ?

It may void the warranty but only if you damage the stickers I think.
You can buy the IPS Panel from aliexpress or ebay or any other site and replace it yourself using a screwdriver.

Check the *www.digit.in/forum/laptops-netbooks/182325-lenovo-y50-thread.html to confirm if anybody had successfully replaced the panel without voiding the warranty.

 

[sarthak]

It may void the warranty but only if you damage the stickers I think.
You can buy the IPS Panel from aliexpress or ebay or any other site and replace it yourself using a screwdriver.

Check the *www.digit.in/forum/laptops-netbooks/182325-lenovo-y50-thread.html to confirm if anybody had successfully replaced the panel without voiding the warranty.

You will void your warranty if you change the panel. Lenovo won't do it for you. You can either do it yourself or get some local technician to do it for you.

A search in the thread gave me this post. I guess it does void the warranty.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

A search in the thread gave me this post. I guess it does void the warranty.

I think if any problem comes, you can just replace the IPS panel with the previous TN panel again. Nobody is going to know unless you tell them.

 

[$hadow]

You are asking him not only to increase the budget but increase it by 20K ! That's impossible. Even if it was I would have made him buy from Azom then. Alienware is the most overpriced of them all.

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Unless someone's filthy rich. Wait, they would also rather go for Xotic PC or Azom for much more power.

Well those filthy people always buy what the salesman suggest. And they eventually end up going for Mac.

 

[Minion]

sarthak what did you decided?

 

[sarthak]

sarthak what did you decided?

My friend is going to have a look at the screen of Y50 the next time he goes to Bangalore and then decide. He might go for it in spite of not liking the screen if he can get Y50 + new panel under 80k. Thanks for the help everyone